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The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2014

The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget demonstrates that we can make critical investments to strengthen the middle class, create jobs, and grow the economy while continuing to cut the deficit in a balanced way.

The President believes we must invest in the true engine of America’s economic growth – a rising and thriving middle class. He is focused on addressing three fundamental questions: How do we attract more jobs to our shores? How do we equip our people with the skills needed to do the jobs of the 21st Century? How do we make sure hard work leads to a decent living? The Budget presents the President’s plan to address each of these questions.

To make America once again a magnet for jobs, the Budget invests in high-tech manufacturing and innovation, clean energy, and infrastructure, while cutting red tape to help businesses grow. To give workers the skills they need to compete in the global economy, it invests in education from pre-school to job training. To ensure hard work is rewarded, it raises the minimum wage to $9 an hour so a hard day’s work pays more.

The Budget does all of these things as part of a comprehensive plan that reduces the deficit and puts the Nation on a sound fiscal course. Every new initiative in the plan is fully paid for, so they do not add a single dime to the deficit. The Budget also incorporates the President’s compromise offer to House Speaker Boehner to achieve another $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction in a balanced way. When combined with the deficit reduction already achieved, this will allow us to exceed the goal of $4 trillion in deficit reduction, while growing the economy and strengthening the middle class. By including this compromise proposal in the Budget, the President is demonstrating his willingness to make tough choices and his seriousness about finding common ground to further reduce the deficit.

The Budget Message of the President

Thanks to the hard work and determination of the American people, we have made significant progress over the last 4 years. After a decade of war, our brave men and women in uniform are coming home. After years of recession, our businesses have created over six million new jobs. We buy more American cars than we have in 5 years, and less foreign oil than we have in 20 years. Our housing market is healing, our stock market is rebounding, and consumers, patients, and homeowners enjoy stronger protections than ever before.

But we know that there are millions of Americans whose hard work and dedication have not yet been rewarded. Our economy is adding jobs—but too many people still cannot find full-time employment. Corporate profits have skyrocketed to all-time highs—but for more than a decade, wages and incomes have barely budged.

It is our generation’s task to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth—a rising, thriving middle class. It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country—the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like, or whom you love.

It is our unfinished task to make sure that this Government works on behalf of the many, and not just the few; that it encourages free enterprise, rewards individual initiative, and opens the doors of opportunity to every child across this great Nation.

A growing economy that creates good, middle class jobs—this must be the North Star that guides our efforts. Every day, we should ask ourselves three questions as a Nation: How do we attract more jobs to our shores? How do we equip our people with the skills they need to get those jobs? And how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?

This Budget seeks to answer each of these questions.

Our first priority is making America a magnet for new jobs and manufacturing. After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added more than 500,000 jobs over the past 3 years. Companies large and small are increasingly deciding to bring jobs back to America.

To accelerate this trend, the Budget builds on the success of the manufacturing innovation institute we created in Youngstown, Ohio last year, and calls for the creation of a network of 15 of these hubs across the Nation. In these innovation hubs, businesses will partner with universities and Federal agencies to turn regions around our country into global centers of high-tech jobs.

The Budget also includes new initiatives to support manufacturing communities, including a new tax credit to strengthen their ability to attract investments and jobs. And it expands my Administration’s SelectUSA initiative to help draw businesses and investment from around the world

to our shores.

If we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas. That is why the Budget maintains a world-class commitment to science and research, targeting resources to those areas most likely to contribute directly to the creation of transformational technologies that can create the businesses and jobs of the future.

No area holds more promise than our investments in American energy. The Budget continues to advance my “all-of-the-above” strategy on energy, investing in clean energy research and development; promoting energy efficiency in our cars, homes, and businesses; encouraging responsible domestic energy production; and launching new efforts to combat the threat of climate change.

Modeled after my successful Race to the Top education reform effort, the Budget includes a new Race to the Top energy efficiency challenge for States, rewarding those that implement the most effective policies to cut energy waste. And it establishes a new Energy Security Trust funded by royalty revenue from oil and gas leases to support initiatives to shift our cars and trucks off oil, cutting our Nation’s reliance on foreign oil.

Over the last 4 years, we have begun the hard work of rebuilding our Nation’s infrastructure. We have built or improved over 350,000 miles of road and more than 6,000 miles of rail. And we have repaired or replaced over 20,000 bridges. But to compete in the 21st Century economy and become a magnet for jobs, we must do more. We need to repair our existing infrastructure, and invest in the infrastructure of tomorrow, including high-speed rail, high-tech schools, and self-healing power grids.

These investments will both lay the foundation for long-term economic growth and put workers back on the job now.

My Budget includes $50 billion for up-front infrastructure investments, including a “Fix-it-First” program that makes an immediate investment to put people to work as soon as possible on our most urgent repairs, like the nearly 70,000 structurally-deficient bridges across the country. And to make sure taxpayers do not shoulder the whole burden, the Budget creates a Rebuild America Partnership to attract private capital to upgrade what our businesses need most: modern ports to move our goods; modern pipelines to withstand a storm; and modern schools worthy of our children.

The Budget also supports efforts I announced earlier this year to modernize and improve the efficiency of the Federal permitting process, cutting through the red tape that has been holding back even some of the most carefully planned infrastructure projects. These efforts will help us to achieve the new goal I set to cut timelines in half for infrastructure projects, while creating new incentives for better outcomes for communities and the environment.

All of these initiatives in manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure will help entrepreneurs and small business owners expand and create new jobs. But none of it will matter unless we also equip our citizens with the skills and training to fill those jobs.

And that has to start at the earliest possible age. But today, fewer than 3 in 10 4-year-olds are enrolled in a high-quality preschool program, and the high cost of private preschool puts too much of a financial burden on middle class families.

The Budget therefore includes a proposal that ensures 4-year-olds across the country have access to high-quality preschool education through a landmark new initiative in partnership with the States. And it increases the availability of early learning for our youngest children to help their growth and development during the formative early years of life.

Providing a year of free, public preschool education for 4-year-old children is an important investment in our future. It will give all our kids the best start in life, helping them perform better in elementary school and ultimately helping them, and the country, be better prepared for the demands of the global economy. Not only that, it could save hard-working families thousands of dollars each year in child care costs. This is an investment we need to make, and it is fully paid for in this Budget by imposing a new tax on every pack of cigarettes sold.

The Budget also builds on the historic reforms made during my first term to improve our elementary and secondary school system by rewarding excellence and promoting innovation. To help ensure that our high schools are putting our kids on a path to college and a good job, the Budget includes a new competitive fund that will help redesign America’s high schools to prepare students with the real world skills they need to find a job right away or go to college. The fund rewards schools that develop new partnerships with colleges and employers, and create classes focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)—the skills today’s employers seek to fill the jobs available right now and in the future.

Even with better high schools, most young people will still need some higher education. Through tax credits, grants, and better loans, we have made college more affordable for millions of students and families over the last 4 years. But skyrocketing costs are still pricing too many young people out of a higher education, or saddling them with unsustainable debt. And taxpayers cannot continue to subsidize higher and higher costs for higher education.

To encourage colleges to do their part to keep costs down, the Budget includes reforms that will ensure affordability and value are considered in determining which colleges receive certain types of Federal aid. My Administration has also released a new “College Scorecard” that parents and students can use to compare schools.

To further ensure our educational system is preparing students for careers in the 21st Century economy, the Budget includes additional measures to promote STEM education, such as launching a new STEM Master Teacher Corps, to leverage the expertise of some of America’s best and brightest teachers in science and mathematics, and to elevate the teaching of these subjects nationwide. It also includes a reorganization and consolidation of STEM education programs to improve the effectiveness of Federal investments in this area.

The Budget takes other critical steps to grow our economy, create jobs, and strengthen the middle class. It implements the Affordable Care Act, giving every American access to the high-quality, affordable health care coverage they deserve, and reducing the deficit by more than $1 trillion over the next two decades. It implements Wall Street reform, ending too-big-to-fail and protecting consumers against the abuses and reckless behavior that contributed to the financial collapse in 2008. And it includes measures to strengthen our housing market and ensure that every responsible homeowner has the opportunity to refinance at today’s rates, saving $3,000 a year on average.

Our economy is stronger when we harness the talents and ingenuity of striving, hopeful immigrants.That is why I have proposed a plan to fix our broken immigration system that secures our borders, cracks down on employers who hire undocumented workers, attracts highly-skilled entrepreneurs and engineers to help create jobs and drive economic growth, and establishes a responsible pathway to earned citizenship—a path that includes passing a background check, paying taxes and a meaningful penalty, learning English, and going to the back of the line behind the folks trying to come here legally. The Budget makes investments that will make our immigration system more efficient and fair and lay a foundation for this permanent, common-sense reform.

The Budget also builds on the progress made over the last 4 years to expand opportunity for every American and every community willing to do the work to lift themselves up. It creates new ladders of opportunity to ensure that hard work leads to a decent living. It rewards hard work by increasing the minimum wage to $9 an hour so an honest day’s work pays more. It partners with communities by identifying Promise Zones to help rebuild from the recession. It creates pathways to jobs for the long-term unemployed and youth who have been hardest hit by the downturn. And it strengthens families by removing financial deterrents to marriage and supporting the role of fathers.

We also know that economic growth can only be achieved and sustained if America is safe and secure, both at home and abroad. At home, the Budget supports my initiative to help protect our kids, reduce gun violence, and expand access to mental health services. We can protect our Second Amendment rights while coming together around reforms like eliminating background check loopholes to make it harder for criminals to get their hands on a gun—common-sense reforms that will help protect our kids from the scourge of gun violence that has plagued too many communities across the country. To confront threats outside our borders, the Budget ensures our military remains the finest and best-equipped military force the world has ever known, even as we wind down more than a decade of war.

Already, we have brought home more than 30,000 of our brave servicemembers from Afghanistan. Our remaining forces are moving into a support role, with Afghan security forces taking the lead. And over the next year, another 34,000 American troops will come home. This drawdown will continue and, by the end of next year, our war in Afghanistan will be over. Beyond 2014, the Budget supports our continued commitment to a unified and sovereign Afghanistan.

To maintain our national security, the Budget supports our ongoing fight against terrorists, like al Qaeda. The organization that attacked us on 9/11 is a shadow of its former self. But different al Qaeda affiliates and extremist groups have emerged—from the Arabian Peninsula to Africa. We will confront these emerging security challenges through the full range of U.S. capabilities and tools, including diplomatic, security, intelligence, and economic development.

The Budget also provides the resources we need to act on our commitment to and interests in global development, by promoting food security that reduces dependence and increases prosperity; by investing in the increasingly successful drive toward an AIDS-free generation; and by maintaining our leadership as a global provider of humanitarian assistance that saves lives and reflects American values.

We must also confront new dangers, like cyber attacks, that threaten our Nation’s infrastructure, businesses, and people. The Budget supports the expansion of Government-wide efforts to counter the full scope of cyber threats, and strengthens our ability to collaborate with State and local governments, our partners overseas, and the private sector to improve our overall cybersecurity.

The Budget also focuses resources on the Asia-Pacific region, reasserting American leadership and promoting security, stability, democracy, and economic growth.

Importantly, the Budget upholds our solemn obligation to take care of our servicemembers and veterans, and to protect our diplomats and civilians in the field. It keeps faith with our veterans, investing in world-class care, including mental health care for our wounded warriors, supporting our military families, and giving our veterans the benefits, education, and job opportunities that they have earned.

The Budget does all of these things as part of a comprehensive plan that reduces the deficit. All of these initiatives and ideas are fully paid for, to ensure they do not increase the deficit by a single dime. By making investments in our people that we pay for responsibly, we will strengthen the middle class, make America a magnet for jobs and innovation, and grow our economy, which will in turn help us to reduce deficits. But economic growth alone will not solve our Nation’s long-term fiscal challenges.

As we continue to grow our economy, we must take further action to cut our deficits. We do not have to choose between these two important priorities—we have to do both.

Over the last 4 years, both parties have worked together to reduce the deficit in a balanced way by more than $2.5 trillion. That is more than halfway toward the goal of $4 trillion in deficit reduction that economists say we need to stabilize our finances. As we wind down two wars, we have protected our military families and veterans while cutting defense spending on outdated military weapons systems. Domestic discretionary spending is approaching its lowest levels as a share of the economy since President Eisenhower was in office; and we have moved aggressively to cut waste, fraud, and abuse. And together, we have begun to ask the wealthy to do their fair share while keeping income taxes low for middle class families. Overall, we have cut the deficit in a balanced way that protects the investments in education, manufacturing, clean energy, and small businesses we need to grow the economy and strengthen the middle class. There is more work to do, and this Budget is designed to finish the job.

But we should not do it by making harsh and arbitrary cuts that jeopardize our military readiness, devastate priorities like education and energy, and cost jobs. That is not how to grow the economy. We should not ask middle class senior citizens and working families to pay down the rest of our deficit while the wealthiest are asked for nothing more. That does not grow our middle class.

The American people understand that we cannot just cut our way to prosperity. That is why I have repeatedly called for a balanced approach to deficit reduction. And that is why I have offered proposals on multiple occasions that cut wasteful spending, strengthen entitlements, and eliminate special tax breaks and loopholes so the wealthiest pay their fair share.

In my negotiations with House Speaker Boehner in December over the so-called “fiscal cliff,” I again offered a compromise proposal that was balanced and comprehensive, and would achieve our $4 trillion deficit reduction goal. That proposal is still on the table. I am including it in this Budget to demonstrate my commitment to making the kind of tough and balanced choices that are needed to put our Nation’s finances in order.

To be clear, the package I am offering includes some difficult cuts that I do not particularly like. But these measures will only become law if congressional Republicans agree to meet me in the middle by eliminating special tax breaks and loopholes so millionaires and billionaires do their fair share to cut the deficit. I will not agree to any deal that seeks to cut the deficit on the backs of middle class families. I am willing to make tough choices that may not be popular within my own party, because there can be no sacred cows for either party. And I look forward to working with any member of Congress who takes a similar, balanced approach. This plan is built on the kind of common ground that Democrats and Republicans should be able to reach.

In total, the Budget will cut the deficit by another $1.8 trillion over the next 10 years, bringing the deficit below 2 percent of GDP by 2023 and putting our debt on a declining path. This is not an end in and of itself—the best way to grow the economy and cut the deficit is by creating good middle class jobs. But this plan to reduce the deficit in a balanced way is a critical step toward ensuring that we have a solid foundation on which to build a strong economy and a thriving middle class for years to come.

Finally, this Budget continues my commitment to reforming and streamlining our Government for the 21st Century. It builds on my Campaign to Cut Waste by further targeting and eliminating wasteful spending wherever we find it. It reorganizes and consolidates agencies and programs to make them leaner and more efficient. It increases the use of evidence and evaluation to ensure we are making smart investments with our scarce taxpayer dollars. And it harnesses new technologies to allow us to do more with less.

No single Budget can solve every challenge and every problem facing the country. But this Budget shows how we can live within our means while growing our economy, strengthening the middle class, and securing our Nation’s future. It is not a Democratic plan or a Republican plan. It is an American plan. And it is a plan that I hope can serve as an outline for us to write the next great chapter of the American story…together.

Transmittal Letter

July 8, 2013

The Honorable John A. Boehner

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Washington, DC 20510

Dear Mr. Speaker:

Section 1106 of Title 31, United States Code, requests that the President send to the Congress a supplemental update of the Budget that was transmitted to the Congress earlier in the year. This enclosed supplemental update of the Budget, commonly known as the Mid-Session Review, contains revised estimates of receipts, outlays, budget authority, and the budget deficit for fiscal years 2013 through 2023.

Summary

This Mid-Session Review (MSR) updates the Administration’s estimates for outlays, receipts, and the deficit for economic, legislative, and other changes that have occurred since the release of the President’s 2014 Budget. The 2013 deficit is now projected to be $759 billion, $214 billion lower than the $973 billion deficit projected in the Budget. As a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), the 2013 deficit is now projected to equal 4.7 percent, down from the 6.0 percent projected in the Budget. Going forward, the MSR estimates that the deficit will fall to below 3 percent of GDP by 2017 and to about 2 percent of GDP by 2023. The MSR also shows that the Budget achieves the core goal of fiscal sustainability by putting Federal debt on a declining path as a share of the economy.

Strengthening the Economic Recovery

The President believes our top priority must be strengthening the true engine of economic growth—a rising and thriving middle class. He will continue to pursue policies to accelerate the recovery, speed job creation, and expand the middle class. The 2014 Budget demonstrates that we do not need to choose between making critical investments necessary to help grow our economy and support middle class families and continuing to cut the deficit in a balanced way. The Budget shows how we can do both. It offers concrete strategies to address three fundamental questions: How do we attract more jobs to our shores? How do we equip our people with the skills needed to do the jobs of the 21st Century? How do we make sure hard work leads to a decent living?

To once again make America a magnet for jobs, the Budget invests in high-tech manufacturing and innovation, clean energy, and infrastructure, while cutting red tape to help businesses grow. To give workers the skills they need to compete in the global economy, it invests in education and job training, and sets forth a visionary proposal to ensure every four-year-old has access to high quality pre-school. To ensure hard work is rewarded, it builds ladders of opportunity to help every American and every community. By identifying offsets for each of these initiatives, the Budget invests in the potential of the middle class and our economy while keeping us on a fiscally disciplined long-term path.

While more work remains to be done, the U.S. economy has made significant progress in recovering from the worst downturn since the Great Depression. When the President took office in 2009, the private sector was losing over 800,000 jobs a month, credit markets that provide capital for investment had seized up, and businesses—small and large—were struggling. The housing market was in free fall and our auto industry was near collapse.

Through the determination and resiliency of the American people and the decisive actions of the President working with Congress to bolster job growth and jumpstart economic activity, we successfully broke the back of the recession and pulled the Nation back from the brink. The economy has been recovering ever since. We have seen positive economic growth for 15 consecutive quarters. Through June, the private sector has added jobs every month for 40 straight months, with a total of 7.2 million jobs added over that period. This year alone, more than 1.2 million private sector jobs have been added so far. The unemployment rate has fallen from a high of 10 percent in 2009 to 7.6 percent as of June. Manufacturers have added more than 500,000 jobs over the past three years. And the housing market and the auto industry continue to show signs of recovery.

But while the economy is adding jobs, too many Americans are still unemployed and have been looking for work for too long. Businesses are hiring again, but too many are still struggling to compete and find workers with the right skills to meet their needs. Home prices are rising at the fastest pace in seven years and construction is expanding, but too many families with solid credit are still finding it difficult to buy a home or refinance. And although corporate profits have climbed to all-time highs, wages and incomes for America’s middle class have continued to stagnate.

By making investments in our people and infrastructure, we can strengthen the middle class, make America a magnet for jobs and innovation, and grow our economy. But economic growth alone will not solve our Nation’s long-term fiscal challenges. That is why the President is committed to continuing to reduce the deficit in a balanced way.

The Role of Deficit Reduction in Promoting Sustained Economic Growth and Job Creation

Over the past few years, we have experienced the fastest period of deficit reduction since the years immediately following World War II. The President and the Congress have achieved over $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction by cutting spending by more than $1.4 trillion, achieving more than $600 billion in new revenue from raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans, and realizing interest savings. As a Nation we are more than halfway toward the goal of $4 trillion in deficit reduction that bipartisan, independent experts have identified as necessary to bring deficits below 3 percent of GDP, put our debt on a downward trajectory, and put us on a fiscally sustainable path.

The President’s Budget includes a compromise plan to achieve that goal while demonstrating that we do not need to choose between economic growth and fiscal discipline. The President’s compromise proposal combines additional spending cuts, entitlement reforms, and revenue from tax reform to achieve nearly $1.8 trillion in additional deficit reduction over the next 10 years, bringing total deficit reduction to more than $4.3 trillion.

We are already making progress down this path to further deficit reduction. Under the revised estimates in the MSR, the current year deficit has fallen by $214 billion compared to the projections in the Budget, and deficits will continue to fall to below 3 percent of GDP in 2017. In addition, the MSR shows that the Federal debt will begin to decline as a share of the economy in 2016. Over the next 10 years, deficits fall to about 2 percent of GDP, and debt continues to decline every year after 2015. Putting our budget on a sustainable fiscal path is a critical step toward ensuring that we have a solid foundation on which to build a strong economy and a thriving middle class for years to come.

In addition to the policies explicitly reflected in the MSR, the President has outlined a plan for commonsense immigration reform and called on Congress to enact legislation that would strengthen our borders; crack down on employers who exploit American and immigrant workers; streamline the legal immigration system to attract highly-skilled entrepreneurs and engineers to help create jobs, drive economic growth, and reunite Americans with their families; and establish a responsible pathway to earned citizenship. In June, the Senate passed, with a strongly bipartisan vote, a bill that would achieve these goals and also make a substantial contribution to reducing the deficit. The Congressional Budget Office estimated the effect of the Senate immigration bill, using its own economic and technical assumptions, and found that the bill would reduce Federal deficits by $158 billion over the first decade and by about $700 billion in the second decade. In addition, according to the independent Social Security Office of the Chief Actuary, the bipartisan Senate-passed immigration reform bill would strengthen Social Security over the long-term, ensuring full Social Security solvency until 2035—two years longer than if we fail to act on immigration—and reducing Social Security unfunded liabilities by half a trillion dollars through 2087.

Replacing Sequestration With Balanced Deficit Reduction, While Investing in the Middle Class and America's Future

The 2014 Budget presents a strategy to grow the economy in both the short and long term. To ensure America remains competitive in the 21st Century, it invests in American innovation, reviving our manufacturing base and keeping our Nation at the forefront of technological advancement. For example, it invests in 15 manufacturing innovation institutes across the country, transforming regions into global epicenters of advanced manufacturing. To ensure our energy security and combat global climate change, it advances the President’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, focusing on energy production, the development of clean energy alternatives, and the promotion of energy efficiency efforts in both the public and private sectors. To build a foundation for growth and competitiveness and create jobs now, it invests in repairing our existing infrastructure and building the infrastructure of tomorrow, including high-speed rail, high-tech schools, and power grids that are resilient to future extreme conditions. And to ensure hard work leads to a decent living, it creates new ladders of opportunity by expanding childhood education, supporting communities as they rebuild from the Great Recession, creating pathways to work for the long-term unemployed and youth, and raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour so a hard day’s work pays more.

Importantly, the 2014 Budget also supports economic growth by including more than enough deficit reduction to replace sequestration and the deep discretionary funding cuts triggered by the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the “Joint Committee”) to reach an agreement. With the recovery gaining traction, we need to focus on ways to protect and accelerate economic growth, not hold it back. The Budget demonstrates that we can replace these economically-damaging cuts with smart, targeted efforts to cut wasteful spending, strengthen entitlements, and eliminate loopholes through tax reform, while at the same time making critical investments to grow the economy, create jobs, and strengthen the middle class.

In the Budget Control Act (BCA), the Congress agreed on tight caps for discretionary spending that will allow for the critical investments we need to grow the economy while saving more than a trillion dollars over the next 10 years and bringing domestic discretionary spending to its lowest level as a share of the economy since the Eisenhower Administration. The BCA also established the Joint Committee to provide Congress with an opportunity to reach bipartisan agreement on achieving an additional $1.2 trillion in balanced deficit reduction over 10 years. The law included the threat of sequestration as a mechanism to force Congress to act. The specter of harmful across-the-board cuts to defense and non-defense programs was intended to drive both sides to compromise; sequestration itself was never intended to be implemented. However, Congress’s failure to act on an alternative deficit reduction plan led the scheduled cuts to begin taking effect in March.

Sequestration is already having negative impacts on the country and the American people. Although the economy has continued to grow and job creation has held steady, we could be experiencing even stronger growth and job creation were it not for sequestration. The CBO estimated that sequestration will reduce the Nation’s economic growth by more than half a percentage point and cost 750,000 jobs in 2013. Other independent economic forecasters have reached similar conclusions. The negative effects of sequestration are already being felt in areas ranging from reduced Army and Air Force training programs to cuts in National Institute of Health research to cuts at Head Start centers. Moreover, these

impacts will build over time.

If allowed to continue, sequestration will further harm the economy and undermine the middle class. Congress can and should take action to replace it by passing a comprehensive and balanced deficit reduction package. Unfortunately, Congressional Republicans, primarily in the House of Representatives, have been unwilling to accept any plan to replace sequestration that includes new revenue. Instead, the Republican House has proposed to shift funding to defense accounts by imposing even deeper cuts in areas such as education, innovation and infrastructure.

Bipartisan and independent groups that have examined the Nation’s fiscal outlook have concluded that the best way forward is a balanced plan that phases in deficit reduction to avoid harming the economic recovery, raises new revenue from tax reform that will also improve U.S. competitiveness, includes entitlement reform that takes further steps to address rising health care costs while providing protections for the most vulnerable, and maintains investments in education, innovation, and infrastructure. That is the right path forward, and it is the approach the President has proposed in his 2014 Budget.

The Budget

Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2014 contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President’s priorities, budget overviews organized by agency, and summary tables.

To download "Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2014" as a single PDF click here (244 pages, 2.2 MB) (PDF)

Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Overview

The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget demonstrates that we can make critical investments to strengthen the middle class, create jobs, and grow the economy while continuing to cut the deficit in a balanced way.

The President believes we must invest in the true engine of America’s economic growth – a rising and thriving middle class. He is focused on addressing three fundamental questions: How do we attract more jobs to our shores? How do we equip our people with the skills needed to do the jobs of the 21st Century? How do we make sure hard work leads to a decent living? The Budget presents the President’s plan to address each of these questions.

To make America once again a magnet for jobs, the Budget invests in high-tech manufacturing and innovation, clean energy, and infrastructure, while cutting red tape to help businesses grow. To give workers the skills they need to compete in the global economy, it invests in education from pre-school to job training. To ensure hard work is rewarded, it raises the minimum wage to $9 an hour so a hard day’s work pays more.

The Budget does all of these things as part of a comprehensive plan that reduces the deficit and puts the Nation on a sound fiscal course. Every new initiative in the plan is fully paid for, so they do not add a single dime to the deficit. The Budget also incorporates the President’s compromise offer to House Speaker Boehner to achieve another $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction in a balanced way. When combined with the deficit reduction already achieved, this will allow us to exceed the goal of $4 trillion in deficit reduction, while growing the economy and strengthening the middle class. By including this compromise proposal in the Budget, the President is demonstrating his willingness to make tough choices and his seriousness about finding common ground to further reduce the deficit.

Key Budget Facts

Creates jobs by responsibly paying for investments in education, manufacturing, clean energy, infrastructure, and small business.

Includes $1.8 trillion of additional deficit reduction over 10 years, bringing total deficit reduction achieved to $4.3 trillion.

Represents more than $2 in spending cuts for every $1 of new revenue from closing tax loopholes and reducing tax benefits for the wealthiest.

Deficit is reduced to 2.8% of GDP by 2016 and 1.7% by 2023 with debt declining as a share of the economy, while protecting the investments we need to create jobs and strengthen the middle class.

Includes $400 billion in health savings that crack down on waste and fraud to strengthen Medicare for years to come.

Making America a Magnet for Jobs

To compete in the 21st Century economy and make America a magnet for jobs, the Budget invests in American innovation, reviving our manufacturing base and keeping our Nation at the forefront of technological advancement. And to ensure our energy security and combat climate change, it continues to focus on energy production, the development of clean energy alternatives, and the promotion of energy efficiency efforts in both the public and private sectors.

Transforms regions across the country into global epicenters of advanced manufacturing with a one-time, $1 billion investment to launch a network of up to 15 manufacturing innovation institutes.

Maintains our world-leading commitment to science and research by increasing nondefense research and development (R&D) investment by 9% above the 2012 levels.

Continues President’s “all-of-the-above” strategy on energy – investing in clean energy R&D, promoting the safe production of natural gas, encouraging States to cut energy waste with a Race-to-the-Top challenge to cut energy waste and modernize the grid, creating an Energy Security Trust to fund research efforts that would help shift cars and trucks off oil, and making permanent the tax credit for renewable energy production.

Building a 21st Century Infrastructure

The Budget invests in repairing our existing infrastructure and building the infrastructure of tomorrow, including high-speed rail, high-tech schools, and power grids that are resilient to future extreme conditions. These investments will both lay the foundation for long-term economic growth and put workers back on the job now.

Establishes an independent National Infrastructure Bank to leverage private and public capital to support infrastructure projects of national and regional significance.

Creates America Fast Forward (AFF) Bonds, building on the successful Build America Bonds program to attract new sources of capital for infrastructure investment.

Dedicates funding for the development of high-speed rail to link communities across the country, the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NexGen) to improve air travel and safety, and a robust long term increase in levels for core highways, transit, and highway safety programs.

Expedites infrastructure projects by modernizing the Federal permitting process to cut through red tape while creating incentives and better outcomes for communities and the environment. Establishes a new goal of cutting timelines in half for major infrastructure projects in areas such as highways, bridges, railways, ports, waterways, pipelines, and renewable energy.

Equipping Americans with the Skills They Need

To equip our workers with the skills they need to fill the jobs of the 21st Century economy, the Budget includes investments and reforms in education and training. It makes a major new commitment to early childhood education; sustains investments in K-12 schools, while ramping up innovation; redoubles our focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education to prepare our students for the jobs of tomorrow; and includes new initiatives to make college more affordable.

To build a foundation for success in the formative early years of life, increases access to high-quality early childhood education with a Preschool for All initiative.

In partnership with the States, provides all low- and moderate-income four-year-olds with high-quality preschool, while encouraging States to serve additional four-year-olds from middle class families. The initiative also promotes access to full-day kindergarten and high-quality early education programs for children under age four.

The Preschool for All initiative is financed by raising the Federal tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products, which would also have substantial public health impacts, particularly by reducing youth smoking.

The Budget makes companion investments in voluntary home visiting programs, preserving child care access, and expanding high-quality care for infants and toddlers through new Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships.

Creates a new, competitive fund for redesigning high schools to focus on providing challenging and relevant experiences, while promoting and developing partnerships with colleges and employers that improve instruction and prepare students to continue education or transition into skilled jobs.

Strengthens and reforms career and technical education to better align programs with the needs of employers and higher education to ensure that graduates are poised to succeed.

Prepares students for careers in STEM-related fields by reorganizing and restructuring Federal STEM education programs to make better use of resources and improve outcomes; and invests in recruiting and preparing 100,000 STEM teachers and creating a new STEM Master Teachers Corps to improve STEM instruction.

Improves college affordability and value with a continued commitment to Pell Grants; budget-neutral student loan reforms that will make interest rates more market-based; a $1 billion Race-to-the-Top fund to support competitive grants to States that drive higher education reform, while doing more to contain tuition; a $260 million First in the World fund to spur cutting-edge innovations that decrease college costs and boost graduation rates; and reforms to Federal campus-based aid to reward colleges that set responsible tuition policy, provide a high-quality education and better serve students with financial need.

Improves services for workers and job seekers by revisiting the structure of the Federal job training system, including through the creation of a Universal Displaced Worker program; drives innovation through the Workforce Innovation Fund by testing new State and regional ideas to better deliver training and employment services; and provides $8 billion for a Community College to Career Fund to support State and community college partnerships with businesses and other stakeholders.

Making the Tax Code More Simple and Fair

The President believes that today’s tax code has become overly complex and inequitable and that we should immediately begin the process of reforming the individual and business tax systems. As a down payment on comprehensive tax reform, the Budget offers detailed proposals to broaden the tax base, close tax loopholes, and establish a Buffett Rule that will prevent millionaires from taking advantage of special provisions to pay taxes at lower rates than many middle-class families do.

Makes permanent the American Opportunity Tax Credit, which currently helps about 11 million students and families afford college, as well as improvements to the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit that help millions of working families with children make ends meet.

Pays for middle-class tax relief by eliminating tax loopholes that benefit the wealthy and special interests.

Ends a loophole that lets financial managers pay tax on their carried interest income at the lower capital gains rate.

Eliminates business tax loopholes while providing incentives for research, manufacturing, and clean energy and cutting taxes for small businesses.

Reforms and makes permanent important tax incentives for research and development, renewable energy, and energy efficiency.

Cuts taxes for small businesses by letting them claim tax write-offs for up to $500,000 of new investment.

Eliminates loopholes such as oil and gas tax breaks and special tax rules for corporate jets.

Proposes reforms to prevent companies from shifting profits overseas to avoid U.S. taxes and to encourage “insourcing” and job creation here in the United States.

Ensuring Hard Work Leads to a Decent Living

The Budget builds on the progress made over the last four years to expand opportunity for every American and every community willing to do the work to lift themselves up. It creates new ladders of opportunity to ensure that hard work leads to a decent living. It expands early childhood education to give children a foundation for lifelong learning. It supports a partnership with communities to help them thrive and rebuild from the Great Recession. It creates pathways to jobs for the long-term unemployed and youth who have been hard hit. It rewards hard work by increasing the minimum wage so a hard day’s work pays more. And it strengthens families by removing financial deterrents to marriage and supporting the role of fathers.

Creates Promise Zones to rebuild high-poverty communities across the country by attracting private investment to build new housing, improving educational opportunities, providing tax incentives for hiring workers and investing within the Zones, reducing violence and assisting local leaders in navigating Federal programs and cutting through red tape.

Creates a Pathways Back to Work fund to support summer and year round jobs for low-income youth, subsidized employment opportunities for unemployed and low-income adults, and other promising strategies designed to lead to employment.

Supports the President’s call to reward hard work by raising the minimum wage to $9.00 an hour.

Strengthens families by allowing Federal programs like the child support program to implement models that get more men working and engaging with their children, and by addressing financial deterrents to marriage.

Cutting the Deficit in a Balanced Way

The President is committed to continuing to reduce the deficit in a balanced way. He is determined to do this in a way that replaces the economically damaging across-the-board cuts of sequestration with smart, targeted efforts to cut wasteful spending, strengthen entitlements, and eliminate loopholes for the wealthiest through tax reform.

The President stands by the compromise offer he made to Speaker Boehner during “fiscal cliff” negotiations in December 2012. The Budget includes all of the proposals in that offer, which would achieve $1.8 trillion in additional deficit reduction over the next 10 years, bringing total deficit reduction to $4.3 trillion. This represents more than enough deficit reduction to replace the cuts required by the Joint Committee sequestration. By including this compromise proposal in the Budget, the President is demonstrating his willingness to make tough choices to find common ground to further reduce the deficit. This offer includes some difficult cuts that the President would not propose on their own, such as an adjustment to inflation indexing requested by Republicans. But there can be no sacred cows for either party. The key elements of the offer include:

$580 billion in additional revenue relative to the end-of-year tax deal, from tax reform that closes tax loopholes and reduces tax benefits for those who need them least;

$400 billion in health savings that build on the health reform law and strengthen Medicare;

$200 billion in savings from other mandatory programs, such as reductions to farm subsidies and reforms to federal retirement benefits;

In addition, the Budget includes a series of new proposals to root out waste and reform and streamline government for the 21st Century. In total, it includes 215 cuts, consolidations, and savings proposals, which are projected to save more than $25 billion in 2014.

Analytical Perspectives

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Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2014 contains analyses that are designed to highlight specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations of budget data that place the budget in perspective. This volume includes economic and accounting analyses; information on Federal receipts and collections; analyses of Federal spending; information on Federal borrowing and debt; baseline or current services estimates; and other technical presentations.

The Analytical Perspectives volume also contains supplemental material with several detailed tables, including tables showing the budget by agency and account and by function, subfunction, and program, that is available on the Internet and as a CD-ROM in the printed document.

To download the Analytical Perspectives as a single PDF, click here (508 pages, 4.0 MB) (PDF)

Long Range Budget Projections

Appendix

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The Appendix, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2014 contains detailed information on the various appropriations and funds that constitute the budget. The Appendix contains financial information on individual programs and appropriation accounts. It includes for each agency:

the proposed text of appropriations language

budget schedules for each account

legislative proposals

explanations of the work to be performed and the funds needed

proposed general provisions applicable to the appropriations of entire agencies or group of agencies

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Supplementals, Amendments, and Releases

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Occasionally there is need to modify the President's budget to recognize special circumstances that could not be foreseen when the President's budget was transmitted to Congress. Changes can only be requested by the President and these changes are called supplementals (for the current year) and amendments (for the next, or budget year). In addition, appropriations acts occasionally provide funds contingent upon the President taking further action to make them available (usually termed a "release").

Past Budgets

Issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year. Other related and supporting budget publications are included, which may vary from year to year.About the Budget of the United States Government

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Public Budget Databases Users Guide

This document describes six data files that contain an extract of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) budget database. These files can be used to reproduce many of the totals published in the Budget and examine unpublished details below the levels of aggregation published in the Budget. These data, however, have some limitation to their scope and usefulness.

The following sections describe the sources and limitations of the data, as well as the content, format, and coding of the data files.

1. Data Sources and Limitations

a. Sources of Data

Historical data for completed fiscal years are summarized from the financial records of the U.S. Government maintained by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of the Treasury. The totals are generally consistent with data published in the Monthly Treasury Statement, by the Fiscal Service of the Department of the Treasury. Differences between the Treasury publications and the Budget arise from a small number of reporting and classification corrections made subsequent to the Treasury publications and some conceptual differences between OMB and Treasury reporting.

In addition, these historical records are adjusted each year to conform to the agency and account structure of the current budget. For example, data originally reported in the 1966 Budget by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, now appear under the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, or the Social Security Administration, as appropriate. Lastly, the historical database has been updated for changes in the functional classification of accounts and in the Budget Enforcement Act (BEA) categorization. Budget estimates for the current fiscal year (2013) and the budget year (2014) are prepared by agencies, based on the definitions and guidance contained in OMB Circular A-11, “Preparation, Submission, and Execution of the Budget.” Budget totals for these years reflect the President’s fiscal policy and economic assumptions, which are extensively described in the Budget documents.

The data files provide sufficient detail to produce: (a) outlay totals by agency, subfunction, and Budget Enforcement Act category that are consistent with the totals presented in the 2014 Budget; (b) receipt totals by source, as shown in various published tables in the Budget; and (c) the deficit (on-budget, off-budget, and unified budget basis). In addition, outlays can be further disaggregated by grants to State and local governments and non-grants.

b. Fiscal Years

The data in these files are for fiscal years. Prior to 1977, the fiscal year began on July 1 and ended on June 30. For example, fiscal year 1965 began on July 1, 1964, and ended on June 30, 1965. Beginning with fiscal year 1977, the fiscal year begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. For example, fiscal year 2011 began on October 1, 2010, and ended on September 30, 2011. Fiscal year 1976 ended on June 30, 1976, and fiscal year 1977 began on October 1, 1976. The period July 1, 1976, to September 30, 1976, is called the “transition quarter” or TQ.

c. Units of Measure

Data for budget authority, outlays, offsetting receipts, and governmental receipts are shown in thousands of dollars.

d. Limitations

These data files do not contain data by object classes, data for program and financing accounts, character class (other than grants to State and local governments), personnel summaries, or credit schedules. Account-level details are based on the proposed Budget only and do not include current services estimates.

With few exceptions, these files present account-level details that are consistent with the account structure of the current Budget. For governmental receipts and offsetting receipts, data prior to 1982 are aggregates in sufficient detail to produce the published tables, but are not “true” account-level details. For budget authority, no data are available prior to 1976. For outlays, data for 1962-1981 tend to be account-level details. Exceptions include the Legislative Branch and Department of Defense, which are available only at bureau-level detail in the earlier years.

Users of these data files should be careful to review and understand the effects that these limitations may have on their analysis of budget data and trends. For example, computation of compound annual growth rates of various receipt accounts in the Budget could be severely affected by the discontinuities in account-level details prior to 1982.

e. Further Information

Readers who are not already familiar with the Federal Budget should gain a familiarity with the concepts and organization of the budget before proceeding. The following documents may be helpful:

Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2014. This document contains analyses that are designed to highlight specified program areas or provide other significant presentations of Budget data that place the Budget in perspective. It includes a discussion of the concepts underlying the organization of the Budget and the presentation of Budget data, economic assumptions underlying the Budget estimates, Federal receipts and collections, including user fees and tax expenditures, Federal spending, the Budget Enforcement Act, and other topics. A particularly useful chapter is “Budget Concepts,” which contains a discussion of budget concepts. Also of particular use is a report entitled, “Table 32-1. Federal Programs by Agency and Account,” which contains a listing of all appropriation and fund accounts in the Budget. (This report is available online in the Supplemental Materials section at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget...Perspectives/.)

OMB Circular A-11 provides instructions to agencies in preparing Budget submissions, including details for entry into the Budget database.

In addition, there is extensive literature on the Federal Budget that could be usefully consulted.

2. Data Files and File Formats

The account-level data is available in spreadsheet and file import format.

a. Spreadsheet Format

Files are provided in “XLS” and “CSV” formats. Virtually any spreadsheet program can read at least one of these common formats. In “CSV” format, data fields are separated by commas, text fields are contained inside double quote marks, and numerical fields do not have embedded commas. Each record is contained on a single line. This format is commonly used by database software. Separate files for receipts, outlays, and budget authority are available in each of these formats and are described in detail below.

3. Categorization of Budget Data

a. Budget Authority and Outlay Files

Account details are categorized using the following keys:

Agency--Agency codes generally correspond to the Cabinet department or independent agency with primary responsibility for the program. There are two major exceptions to this definition: (1) the Legislative Branch and the Judiciary are displayed as agencies, though they are separate branches of Government; and (2) intragovernmental payments of interest to trust funds, payments of employer share of employee retirement contributions, and interest paid to the Outer Continental Shelf escrow account are classified as “undistributed offsetting receipts.” The agency coding used in the data files is consistent with the tables in the Budget documents that present budget authority and outlays by agency. These codes and titles differ from the “Treasury Agency” code, described below. In addition, some allowances are not distributed by agency or by function and are given a special agency code.

Bureau--Bureaus are major subdivisions within Cabinet departments that correspond to major organizational areas. Within Cabinet departments, these major organizational areas may be called “bureaus” (e.g., the Bureau of the Census within the Commerce Department or the Bureau of Labor Statistics within the Labor Department), “services” (e.g., the Internal Revenue Service within the Treasury Department or the Economic Research Service within the Agriculture Department); “offices” (e.g., Office of Postsecondary Education in the Education Department) or they may be broad budget categories (e.g., Procurement or Military Personnel in the Defense Department). Table 1 presents a listing of the agency and bureau categories used in the data files.

Account--These numbers are assigned by the Treasury Department and are used for budget presentation and financial management. In some instances, groups of small accounts (usually miscellaneous special and trust fund accounts) have been consolidated into single accounts.

Subfunction--Accounts are categorized by the subfunctions shown in Table 2. Accounts that include multiple subfunctions are subdivided into subfunction components.

Treasury Agency--These codes are defined in the Treasury Financial Manual, Supplement to Volume I, Federal Account Symbols and Titles, which contains the titles corresponding to these codes.

Budget Enforcement Act category--The Budget Enforcement Act (the “Act”) made distinctions between mandatory and discretionary accounts for certain provisions of the Act. This distinction is still used for scorekeeping and accounts are categorized accordingly. Initially, accounts were assigned categories based on the agreement shown in the Act’s statement of managers. Since that time, Administration and Congressional scorekeepers maintain the list, assigning new accounts and adjusting existing accounts when there is agreement. Where an account includes mandatory and discretionary activities, separate lines of data, appropriately coded, will be found in the data files. The possible values for this code are:

Mandatory--Mandatory spending generally operates under permanent authority. Statutes generally specify what must be paid and who is eligible to receive payments. Governmental receipt accounts are categorized as “governmental receipts” as described below.

Net interest--Interest payments to and from the public and intragovernmental payments of interest, primarily to trust funds, are not included as either mandatory or discretionary spending.

Readers wanting more information on this topic may refer to several chapters in the Analytical Perspectives volume.

Grant/Non-grant--Grants to State and local governments are separated from non-grant outlays, based on the definitions in OMB Circular A-11 for schedule C data.

b. Receipts Files

Receipt account data are categorized as follows:

Source category--These are major categories of governmental receipts, such as individual income tax receipts or corporation income tax receipts. (See Table 3.)

Account--These are assigned by the Treasury Department and are used for budget presentation as well as financial management. In some instances, groups of small accounts (usually miscellaneous receipt accounts) have been consolidated into single accounts.

Treasury Agency--These codes are defined in the Treasury Financial Manual, Supplement to Volume I, Federal Account Symbols and Titles, which contains the titles corresponding to these codes.

4. Description of the Fields in the Outlay Files

The following table describes the fields of data for the account-level files. For data files in spreadsheet format, the fields are separate spreadsheet columns. For files in file import format, commas, as previously described, separate the fields.

Field number

Field name

Description

Valid values

1

Agency code

3-digit numerical code for Cabinet department or independent agency

See Table 1 (below) “Listing of Agency and Bureau Codes”

2

Agency name

Agency name from Table 1 (maximum: 89 characters)

See Table 1

3

Bureau code

2-digit numerical code for the bureau within the Cabinet department or independent agency

See Table 1

4

Bureau name

Bureau name from Table 1 (maximum: 89 characters)

See Table 1

5

Account code

4-digit code (outlays) or 6-digit code (offsetting receipts)

Any 4- or 6-digit number

6

Account name

Account name (maximum: 160 characters)

Any text

7

Treasury Agency code

2-digit numerical code for the agency, assigned by the Treasury Department

See Treasury publication cited above

8

Subfunction code

3-digit numerical code for the subfunction

See Table 2, “Listing of Functions and Subfunctions”

9

Subfunction title

Subfunction title (maximum: 72 characters)

See Table 2

10

BEA category

Budget Enforcement Act category

“Mandatory,” “Discretionary,” or “Net interest”

11

Grant/non-grant split

Identifier to indicate if the outlays are grant or non-grant (outlays only)

“Grant” or “Nongrant”

12

On- and off-budget indicator

Social Security trust funds and the Postal Service are off-budget, all other accounts are on-budget

“On-budget” or “Off-budget”

13

1962 value

Actual amounts, in thousands of dollars, for FY 1962

Outlays are usually positive values. Offsetting receipts are usually negative values.

14-27

1963 – 1976 values

Actual amounts, in thousands of dollars, for each fiscal year

(same as above)

28

TQ value

Actual amounts, in thousands of dollars, for the “transitional quarter” (see note above)

(same as above)

29-64

1977 – 2012 values

Actual amounts, in thousands of dollars, for each fiscal year

(same as above)

65-70

2013 – 2018 values

Estimated amounts, in thousands of dollars, for FY 2013 through FY 2018

(same as above)

5. Description of the Fields in the Budget Authority Files

The following table describes the fields of data for the account-level files. For data files in spreadsheet format, the fields are separate spreadsheet columns. For files in file import format, the fields are separated by commas, as described above.

Field number

Field name

Description

Valid values

1

Agency code

3-digit numerical code for Cabinet department or independent agency

See Table 1 (below) “Listing of Agency and Bureau Codes”

2

Agency name

Agency name from Table 1 (maximum: 89 characters)

See Table 1

3

Bureau code

2-digit numerical code for the bureau within the Cabinet department or independent agency

See Table 1

4

Bureau name

Bureau name from Table 1 (maximum: 89 characters)

See Table 1

5

Account code

4-digit code (outlays) or 6-digit code (offsetting receipts)

Any 4- or 6- digit number

6

Account name

Account name (maximum: 160 characters)

Any text

7

Treasury Agency code

2-digit numerical code for the agency, assigned by the Treasury Department

See Treasury publication cited above

8

Subfunction code

3-digit numerical code for the subfunction

See Table 2, “Listing of Functions and Subfunctions”

9

Subfunction title

Subfunction title (maximum: 72 characters)

See Table 2

10

BEA category

Budget Enforcement Act category

“Mandatory,” “Discretionary,” or “Net interest”

11

On- and offbudget indicator

Social Security trust funds and the Postal Service are off-budget, all other accounts are on-budget

“On-budget” or “Off-budget”

12

1976 value

Actual amounts, in thousands of dollars, for FY 1976

Budget authority is usually shown as a positive value. Offsetting receipts are usually negative values.

13

TQ value

Actual amounts, in thousands of dollars, for the “transitional quarter” (see note above)

(same as above)

14-49

1977 – 2012 values

Actual amounts, in thousands of dollars, for each fiscal year

(same as above)

50-55

2012 – 2018 values

Estimated amounts, in thousands of dollars, for FY 2013 through FY 2018

(same as above)

6. Description of the Fields in the Receipts Files

The following table describes the fields of data for the account-level files. For data files in spreadsheet format, the fields are separate spreadsheet columns. For files in file import format, the fields are separated by commas, as described above.

Field number

Field name

Description

Valid values

1

Source category code

3-digit numerical code for source category

See Table 3 (below) “Source Categories for Receipts”

2

Source category name

Title for receipts category (maximum: 41 characters)

See Table 3

3

Source subcategory

2-digit numerical code for the source subcategory

See Table 3

4

Source subcategory name

Title for receipts subcategory (maximum: 35 characters)

See Table 3

5

Agency code

3-digit numerical code for Cabinet department or independent agency

See Table 1 (below) “Listing of Agency and Bureau Codes”

6

Agency name

Agency name from Table 1 (maximum: 89 characters)

See Table 1

7

Bureau code

2-digit numerical code for the bureau within the Cabinet department or independent agency

See Table 1

8

Bureau name

Bureau name from Table 1 (maximum: 89 characters)

See Table 1

9

Account code

6-digit numerical code for the account

Any 6-digit number

10

Account name

Account name (maximum: 114 characters)

Any text

11

Treasury Agency code

2-digit numerical code for the agency, assigned by the Treasury Department

See Treasury publication cited above

12

On- and off-budget indicator

Social Security trust funds and the Postal Service are off-budget, all other accounts are on-budget

“On-budget” or “Off-budget”

13

1962 value

Actual amounts, in thousands of dollars, for FY 1962

Receipts are usually shown as positive values

14 - 27

1963 - 1976 values

Actual amounts, in thousands of dollars, for FY 1963 through FY 1976

(same as above)

28

TQ value

Actual amounts, in thousands of dollars, for the “transitional quarter” (see note above)

(same as above)

29-64

1977 - 2012 values

Actual amounts, in thousands of dollars, for each fiscal year

(same as above)

65-70

2013 - 2018 values

Estimated amounts, in thousands of dollars, for FY 2013 through FY 2018

(same as above)

7. Reference Tables

The following tables present: (a) agency and bureau codes and titles used in the data files; (b) function and subfunction codes and titles; and (c) receipt source category and subcategory titles.

Table 1. Listing of Agency and Bureau Codes

Agency Bureau Title

001 Legislative Branch

001 05 Senate

001 10 House of Representatives

001 11 Joint Items

001 12 Office of Compliance

001 13 Capitol Police

001 14 Congressional Budget Office

001 15 Architect of the Capitol

001 18 Botanic Garden

001 25 Library of Congress

001 30 Government Printing Office

001 35 Government Accountability Office

001 40 United States Tax Court

001 45 Legislative Branch Boards and Commissions

001 60 John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development

002 Judicial Branch

002 05 Supreme Court of the United States

002 07 United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

002 10 Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

002 15 United States Court of International Trade

002 20 Court of Claims

002 25 Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other Judicial Services

002 26 Administrative Office of the United States Courts

002 30 Federal Judicial Center

002 34 Bicentennial Expenses, The Judiciary

002 35 Judicial Retirement Funds

002 37 National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal

002 39 United States Sentencing Commission

002 42 Violent Crime Reduction Programs

002 99 The Judiciary, activities

005 Department of Agriculture

005 03 Office of the Secretary

005 04 Executive Operations

005 05 Departmental Management

005 06 Office of Communications

005 07 Office of Civil Rights

005 08 Office of Inspector General

005 09 Office of Chief Economist

005 10 Office of the General Counsel

005 11 National Appeals Division

005 13 Economic Research Service

005 Department of Agriculture – continued

005 15 National Agricultural Statistics Service

005 18 Agricultural Research Service

005 20 National Institute of Food and Agriculture

005 32 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

005 35 Food Safety and Inspection Service

005 37 Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

005 45 Agricultural Marketing Service

005 47 Risk Management Agency

005 49 Farm Service Agency

005 53 Natural Resources Conservation Service

005 55 Rural Development

005 60 Rural Utilities Service

005 63 Rural Housing Service

005 65 Rural Business—Cooperative Service

005 68 Foreign Agricultural Service

005 84 Food and Nutrition Service

005 96 Forest Service

006 Department of Commerce

006 05 Departmental Management

006 06 Economic Development Administration

006 07 Bureau of the Census

006 08 Economic and Statistical Analysis

006 15 Regional Development Program

006 25 International Trade Administration

006 30 Bureau of Industry and Security

006 40 Minority Business Development Agency

006 44 United States Travel and Tourism Administration

006 48 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

006 51 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

006 53 Technology Administration

006 54 National Technical Information Service

006 55 National Institute of Standards and Technology

006 60 National Telecommunications and Information Administration

007 Department of Defense—Military Programs

007 05 Military Personnel

007 10 Operation and Maintenance

007 12 International Reconstruction and Other Assistance

007 15 Procurement

007 20 Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

007 25 Military Construction

007 30 Family Housing

007 37 Special Foreign Currency Program

007 40 Revolving and Management Funds

007 45 Allowances

007 55 Trust Funds

009 Department of Health and Human Services

009 10 Food and Drug Administration

009 15 Health Resources and Services Administration

009 17 Indian Health Service

009 20 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

009 25 National Institutes of Health

009 30 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

009 33 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

009 35 Health Resources Administration

009 38 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

009 70 Administration for Children and Families

009 75 Administration for Community Living

009 90 Departmental Management

009 91 Program Support Center

009 92 Office of the Inspector General

010 Department of the Interior

010 04 Bureau of Land Management

010 06 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

010 08 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

010 10 Bureau of Reclamation

010 11 Central Utah Project

010 12 United States Geological Survey

010 14 Bureau of Mines

010 18 United States Fish and Wildlife Service

010 20 National Biological Service

010 22 Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

010 24 National Park Service

010 76 Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education

010 82 Insular Affairs

010 84 Departmental Offices

010 85 Insular Affairs

010 86 Office of the Solicitor

010 88 Office of Inspector General

010 90 Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians

010 92 National Indian Gaming Commission

010 95 Department-Wide Programs

011 Department of Justice

011 03 General Administration

011 04 United States Parole Commission

011 05 Legal Activities and U.S. Marshals

011 06 Radiation Exposure Compensation

011 07 Interagency Law Enforcement

011 08 National Security Division

011 10 Federal Bureau of Investigation

011 12 Drug Enforcement Administration

011 14 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives

011 20 Federal Prison System

011 21 Office of Justice Programs

011 30 Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund

012 Department of Labor

012 05 Employment and Training Administration

012 10 Office of the American Workplace

012 11 Employee Benefits Security Administration

012 12 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

012 15 Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

012 16 Wage and Hour Division

012 17 Employment Standards Administration

012 18 Occupational Safety and Health Administration

012 19 Mine Safety and Health Administration

012 20 Bureau of Labor Statistics

012 22 Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

012 23 Office of Labor Management Standards

012 25 Departmental Management

014 Department of State

014 05 Administration of Foreign Affairs

014 10 International Organizations and Conferences

014 15 International Commissions

014 25 Other

015 Department of the Treasury

015 04 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

015 05 Departmental Offices

015 07 Office of Revenue Sharing

015 09 Interagency Law Enforcement

015 11 Federal Financing Bank

015 12 Fiscal Service

015 13 Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

015 20 Bureau of Engraving and Printing

015 25 United States Mint

015 45 Internal Revenue Service

015 57 Comptroller of the Currency

015 58 Office of Thrift Supervision

015 60 Interest on the Public Debt

015 99 Department of the Treasury, activities

Social Security Administration

016 00 Social Security Administration

017 00 Social Security Administration

018 Department of Education

018 10 Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

018 12 Office of Innovation and Improvement

018 15 Office of English Language Acquisition

018 20 Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

018 30 Office of Vocational and Adult Education

018 40 Office of Postsecondary Education

018 45 Office of Federal Student Aid

018 50 Institute of Education Sciences

018 80 Departmental Management

018 85 Hurricane Education Recovery

019 Department of Energy

019 05 National Nuclear Security Administration

019 10 Environmental and Other Defense Activities

019 20 Energy Programs

019 50 Power Marketing Administration

019 60 Departmental Administration

020 00 Environmental Protection Agency

021 Department of Transportation

021 04 Office of the Secretary

021 12 Federal Aviation Administration

021 15 Federal Highway Administration

021 17 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

021 18 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

021 27 Federal Railroad Administration

021 36 Federal Transit Administration

021 40 Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

021 50 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

021 56 Office of Inspector General

021 61 Surface Transportation Board

021 65 Bureau of Transportation Statistics

021 Department of Transportation – continued

021 70 Maritime Administration

023 General Services Administration

023 05 Real Property Activities

023 10 Supply and Technology Activities

023 30 General Activities

024 Department of Homeland Security

024 10 Departmental Management and Operations

024 20 Office of the Inspector General

024 30 Citizenship and Immigration Services

024 40 United States Secret Service

024 43 Office of the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security

024 45 Transportation Security Administration

024 49 Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

024 50 Security, Enforcement, and Investigations

024 55 Immigration and Customs Enforcement

024 58 Customs and Border Protection

024 60 United States Coast Guard

024 65 National Protection and Programs Directorate

024 70 Federal Emergency Management Agency

024 80 Science and Technology

024 85 Domestic Nuclear Detection Office

024 90 Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection

025 Department of Housing and Urban Development

025 03 Public and Indian Housing Programs

025 06 Community Planning and Development

025 09 Housing Programs

025 12 Government National Mortgage Association

025 28 Policy Development and Research

025 29 Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

025 32 Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

025 35 Management and Administration

026 00 National Aeronautics and Space Administration

027 00 Office of Personnel Management

028 00 Small Business Administration

029 Department of Veterans Affairs

029 15 Veterans Health Administration

029 25 Benefits Programs

029 40 Departmental Administration

100 Executive Office of the President

100 05 The White House

100 10 Executive Residence at the White House

100 15 Special Assistance to the President and the Official Residence of the Vice President

100 20 Council of Economic Advisers

100 25 Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality